Posted on 09/28/2010 7:23:18 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: Fox News is 'destructive' to America By: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
(CNN) - President Obama is pulling no punches when it comes to Fox News, declaring the cable news outlet to be "destructive to [America's] long-term growth."
In a more than 8,000-word interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Obama compared the cable news channel to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst at the turn of the 20th century that unabashedly pushed the media titan's own political views.
"You had folks like Hearst who used their newspapers very intentionally to promote their viewpoints. I think Fox is part of that tradition it is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view," Obama told the magazine.
Officials in the Obama White House have long made Fox News a punching bag, launching a full blown offensive last year when aides declared the network to be "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Then-White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said the cable outlet "operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," and top aide Valerie Jarret called Fox "clearly biased."
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What a petty man!
MSNBC is so balanced and fair....
oh wait, balanced and fair is what he is really complaining about.
Fox News is ‘destructive’ to Obama.
Hussein {hearts} Chavez.
So the half hour infomercial on NBC yesterday morning was a “non-partisan” fact finding interview?
So, Fox is pushing a Saudi point of view?
So says a Communist, that if he had his way, would kill all free speech.
Go figure? But I see a kinda parallel between the 2,500 year old Bible Book of Esthers story of Haman and Mordecai and President Obama vs Fox News. All(Big Media) would bow down before Haman(Obama)to show him respect whenever he passed by save one, a little Jewish man named Mordecai(Fox News). No surprise! The 99% was NOT enough, Mordecais refusal enraged Haman(Obama).
To this administration and its’ acolytes, 99% media compliance is just NOT enough! This mere one part per hundred opposition sends them into rage and strikes terror into their collective corrupt tiny hearts! Though but a trickle, the 1% torments them unmercifully!
You can go to the Book of Esther too see how it ended for Haman remains to be seen how it ends for Hussein.
HE IS SHAMELESS
Good point. Bush became very unpopular at various points in his presidency. But did he ever complain that MSNBC was too liberal? Did he complain that he was lampooned in the media constantly?????
Obama never worried about media bias in 2008 when they built him up as a BRILLIANT liberal messiah with all the solutions, and when they piled on Bush day after day.
I will agree with one thing, the election of Obama and a large Democrat congressional majority has given FNC the biggest viewer boom in it's history. Why would people tune into stations that promote the government positions? The MSM role of defense of Obama is actually the opposite of the romantic period of the liberal elite baby boomers. They loved Nixon taking over the Vietnam war so they could demonize him, likewise the MSM would rather have Republicans in a position to blame and look forward to next year.
Only a narcissistic dictatorial wanna be could make a comment like that. He is truly a dangerous man.
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Obama: Fox News is ‘destructive’ to America
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What’s he complaining about!?
FNC airs a TON of his speeches, even pre-empting Glenn Beck, etc.
This guy ain’t just a Socialist/Marxist, he’s a gol-darned CRY BABY!!!
Awright, the Kenyan Thug is on the run. Drive that dawg into the ground.
Obama constantly positions himself to be a threat, and he wondered why the American people are getting fed up.
The same Rolling Stone mag that brought down a top American General for disagreeing with Obama??
Hmmm, very interesting.
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